User:LeGoldenBoots/Doors (video game)

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Doors (stylized in all caps) is a multiplayer survival horror video game developed by LSPLASH and Redibles, on the Roblox platform. It is inspired by Spooky's Jumpscare Mansion and Rooms, another horror Roblox game with a similar concept. The player must traverse through 100 rooms in a hotel to reach the end, in which creatures known as "entities" will try to hunt down the player. A major update called Hotel +, an update revamping the hotel, was released on January 29, 2023 at 6 p.m. EST. . A nod to Rooms was added to that same update as a secret level. On April 1st, 2023, An update adding a "Super Hard Mode" released featuring new entities and items referencing Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Fortnite, and Jeff the Killer.

The game has gone viral across social media platforms such as TikTok and YouTube due to its realism and how scary it is. The game has since reached three billion visits. It has been called "The Scariest Roblox Game" or variants of that title.

Gameplay
The game has the player go through various randomly-generated rooms to reach Door 100. In the beginning, the player is in an elevator, where players can purchase a lighter, flashlight, 3 vitamins, and 2 lockpicks. On the way to Door 100, players may encounter "entities" who will try to kill the player in the process. Some common entities are Rush, an entity that will rush through a room and try to kill the player. In order to avoid Rush, the player have to hide in a closet or under a bed. Rush makes a very distinct, loud noise when it is coming. Screech is an entity that will only appear in pure darkness rooms. Screech will spawn around the player, screaming and dealing some damage at the player if they are unsuccessful at looking at him before it's too late.

At around 1/6 of the way, eyes will start to infiltrate the rooms. After a couple of rooms of this phenomenon, the player will walk down a long hallway, and when they make it to the end, Seek will spawn at the beginning of the hallway, queuing a chase sequence.

Shortly after the chase sequence, the player will approach Door 50, which is a library. The player will encounter Figure, an entity that has a fleshy, but humanoid appearance with a hollow face with spikes surrounding it. The figure is blind and only traverses through sound and vibrations. The player must complete a puzzle in which they have to grab books, which said books will have numbers in them, which correspond to a paper the player must get, which said paper has symbols and shapes corresponding to the numbers of the books, which said symbols and shapes are stored in the bottom left corner. The player has to decipher a code, in order to unlock the lock leading to Door 51. They have to do all of this without avoiding Figure. There are cabinets scattered around Room 50 to aid the player.

After completing Door 50, on Door 52, the player will encounter a shopkeeper named Jeff, where the player can buy items with coins. Such items include a Christian cross, a skeleton key, along with items from the pre-run shop. The player will come across Seek again, albeit more difficult. On Doors 90-100, The player will traverse a set of rooms called "The Greenhouse", which are all pure darkness rooms with a special entity called "Snare", an entity that will trap the player in place for a period of time. Rush and Eyes also have an increased chance to spawn in these rooms, although Rush has no warning, having to identify when it is coming by his sound.

After the Greenhouse, the player moves on to Door 100, which is a dark sluggish maze, with gates blocking the full maze off. At the end, there is a door with a lever next to it. after the lever is pulled, The door will open and Figure will come from behind a wall to the left in the upstairs area. He will come down slowly using the stairs, the gates will open. The player must collect 10 electrical fuses in the maze and an electrical room key, Said key can be used to open the electrical room, which is a room to the left of the room with the door and the lever. After the player collects all 10 fuses and puts them in the elevator power, a cutscene is played where Figure is seen walking down a hallway, but he steps into what is presumably gasoline, which is then caught on fire by a wire on the ground. Figure catches on fire, and runs out a window. The player must play a memory game, where a number corresponding to the fuse is displayed on the top, showing if it is supposed to be off or on. After the player completes the fuse puzzle, the door behind them is broken open by Figure, and the player must make a mad dash to the elevator in the upstairs area. After the player is successful in getting into the elevator, a cutscene plays where Figure tries to break open the door, but fails and the elevator goes down. However, Figure jumps on top of it, and pulls a wire, which sends the elevator crashing down. The game is set to be continued.

Development
Not much is known about Doors' development, however Doors was first announced via a premiere on the LSPLASH Youtube channel on July 16, 2022. Followed by another on August 5, 2022. . On August 10, 2022, Doors was released.

Reception
Doors has been well received by critics, Pocket Tactics described the game as "bone-chilling", PCGamesN praised the graphics, describing how people can mistaken it for an indie horror game. Rock Paper Shotgun praised the creepy atmosphere of the hotel. WhatIfGaming praised the atmosphere, the dread of opening a door, as well the feeling that you are not safe.